CHARLOTTE—Total chaos broke out on a pivotal possession, as is often the case with the Charlotte Bobcats, and four different players kept the ball alive just long enough for Gerald Henderson to get his hands on it.

Henderson put in a 3-pointer off Kemba Walker's pass with 4.6 seconds remaining, and Charlotte ended a streak of 16 consecutive home losses with a 102-101 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. With the Bobcats’ clock now set to zero, the record of consecutive homes losses in a season still belongs to the 1993-94 Dallas Mavericks at 19.

“It’s been a long time at home to get one of those,” Bobcats coach Mike Dunlap said. “We just kept digging.”

Earning the first win in Time Warner Arena since they defeated the Toronto Raptors on Nov. 21 was no simple feat. Minnesota, a team that once had playoff hopes, had dropped eight of nine coming into Charlotte and also was desperate for a win.

Guards J.J. Barea and Ricky Rubio made late plays to put Minnesota in the position for a rare win. Answers from Walker and Bismack Biyombo kept Charlotte within one possession and made Henderson's game winner possible.

The Minnesota backcourt had pushed Charlotte all night, as Barea and Rubio teamed with Luke Ridnour to produce 55 of the Wolves' 101 points.

When Minnesota really had it going, the Timberwolves built a lead of 18 points before going into halftime with a 58-47 lead.

“There was a period where they could have gone up by 20-25,” Dunlap said. “So I attribute that second group with Ramon (Sessions) and Ben (Gordon) and Kemba."

But all of that production could have been absorbed into another Bobcats loss if Henderson didn’t have enough time to get off his final shot. After the ball had touched four hands and one foot, Henderson faked before his shot, making time a real concern.

“I grabbed the ball with five seconds,” Henderson said, “so I knew I had some time. I just threw it up there and it went in.”

For once—at least for the first time in Charlotte since the night before Thanksgiving—chaos worked in the Bobcats' favor.